Journal
Notes from
the studio.
How the work gets built, and what we learn shipping interactive products.
- Website, Google Business Profile, or social media: what does a local business need? How a website, business listings, and social media work together for a local business. Pick a useful first step, then keep the details current and measure real inquiries. Read →
- Why local businesses need an online presence in 2026 As the web keeps changing, local relevance only matters more. A strong online presence now supports discovery, trust, communication, operations, and continuity. Read →
- What a wellness website needs before it asks someone to book A wellness website earns the booking when it answers five practical questions. Use atmosphere with restraint, and make the next step honest and easy. Read →
- The web is about to start talking Two defaults are changing at once. Every page will exist in more than one language, and every page will be able to read itself aloud. Neither is a feature you tack on later, and one of them is already happening to your site without your permission. Read →
- AI search and your business website: what to improve and measure A practical take on AI search: show real project work, explain services clearly, decide each crawler on its own, and measure from impressions through to qualified inquiries. Read →
- Does your business need a Spanish website? Decide whether your website needs Spanish based on your customers, your capacity to serve them, useful content, and the full path from discovery to contact. Read →
- How to sell a building that doesn't exist yet Pre-construction sells on velocity, and the bank won't release the construction loan without evidence. What a presale platform has to do, in what order, and why the reporting layer is worth more than the renders. Read →
- Real-time 3D or a video? The honest comparison Most "immersive" agency sites are a looping MP4. Here's what each option actually costs in weight, time, and money, plus the one question that decides which you need. Read →
- The duplicate of your site you didn't know you published Your site is probably live on two hostnames right now: your own domain, plus the free platform subdomain you got before you bought it. Google decides which one to index. Here's how to check and how to fix it. Read →
- Why the daily puzzle keeps winning One round a day is the most durable retention mechanic on the open web, and it works because it's a limit. The streak that powers it is also the thing most games get cruelly wrong. Read →
- We rebuilt our own site as a live WebGL universe Why the new rivluxmedia.com renders 110,000 particles in real time instead of playing a video, and what that choice says about how we build for clients. Read →
- How to brief a web project so it actually gets built The five things a studio needs to quote your website accurately, and the one question that tells you whether a project is ready to start or still needs thinking. Read →